Crime Rates at Wells Street, London, W1T 3PR

Wells Street area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Marylebone , and the 250th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in Westminster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wells Street (W1T 3PR) in the last 12 months was 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 80.1% lower than the Marylebone average (801.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wells Street (W1T 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hills Place, where police recorded 1152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near John Prince'S Street (120 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.